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Baseball Heads to SLIAC Tourney

The Fontbonne University baseball team will advance to the 2014 St.
Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament this weekend. The
Griffins (23-17 overall and 17-10 conference) will play as the fourth
seed in the tournament.

No. 2 Webster University sits at the top with a 26-0 SLIAC record followed by Spalding University (20-7) and Greenville College (19-8).

This will be the sixth time in the last seven years that Fontbonne
has participated in the tournament, looking for their second advance to
the NCAA Div. III Regional round.

This past weekend Webster swept Fontbonne 5-3, 12-4 and 14-2. Game
One saw the Gorloks with a 4-0 lead before Fontbonne scored three to
make it a one-run game after five. Webster posted their insurance run in
the sixth.

During Game Two, Fontbonne held a brief 2-1 lead after four innings
before Webster posted seven runs in the fifth for an 8-2 advantage. The
Gorloks scored four more in the sixth, but the Griffins wouldn't end the
game early with the 10-run rule, scoring two runs in the seventh trying
to make a comeback.

Fontbonne is set to play SLIAC #1 Webster at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May
8. The tournament is hosted at Glik Park in Highland, Ill. Loser plays
again at 8 p.m. that night. Winner returns Friday for a 5 p.m. contest.